Coin makers around the globe bag awards on the back of designs created with the help of Delcam ArtCAM

Winner of the overall Coin of the Year went to the French mint, Monnaie de Paris, for its Yves Klein 10-Euro silver coin, with its distinctive blue hand of the artist (pictured). The coin was also acclaimed as the 'Most Artistic Coin'. Monnaie de Paris was also given top honours in the Best Silver Coin category for a second 10-Euro coin, its French Ocean Liner design. Engravers at Monnaie de Paris used ArtCAM for partial final improvements on the reverse of this Yves Klein coin. They first built the design in plaster. This plaster was then scanned by a laser before ArtCAM was used. The face and the hand of Yves Klein, on the obverse of the coin, were also modelled out of plaster and scanned with the laser. The background and final improvements on the obverse were completed with ArtCAM as well. A second ArtCAM user to receive two Awards was the Royal Australian Mint, which was the winner of the Best Crown and the Best Circulating Coin categories. One of ArtCAM's earliest customers, the UK Royal Mint, also won two Awards. "The Royal Mint has been working with Delcam for over 15 years and has used ArtCAM in the creation of all of its circulation and collector coins," reports Gordon Summers, chief engraver at The Royal Mint. "Over this time, there have been significant improvements to the software, which we have then used for our coins, including our Remembrance Day Coin that won the most Inspirational Coin and the London Olympic Games coin that won the Best Contemporary Event Coin. We were extremely honoured to receive these awards." Winner of the Most Innovative Coin was another long-term ArtCAM user, the Royal Canadian Mint, while The Best Gold Coin Award went to the Italian Mint, another user.